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Capitol Weekly podcast: Paul Mitchell

Let’s talk data: California political numbers cruncher Paul Mitchell sits down with Capitol Weekly Editor John Howard to chat about all things digital. Consider this: The past election cycle rewrote the rules for digital campaigning. Most media coverage, especially after the election, has focused on what Paul calls in today’s CA120 column “digital terrorism” – viral campaigns based on fake news stories, fueled by fake social media accounts and hacked computers. The upshot was that voters faced a mix of negative messages and falsehoods that had a huge impact on the U.S. Presidential campaign. And don’t forget “geofencing.” Whew…